An-Najm 53:23 ان هي الا اسماء سميتموها انتم واباوكم ما انزل الله بها من سلطان ان يتبعون الا الظن وما تهوى الانفس ولقد جاءهم من ربهم الهدى ٢٣
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إِنۡ
هِيَ
إِلَّآ
أَسۡمَآءٞ
سَمَّيۡتُمُوهَآ
أَنتُمۡ
وَءَابَآؤُكُم
مَّآ
أَنزَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
بِهَا
مِن
سُلۡطَٰنٍۚ
إِن
يَتَّبِعُونَ
إِلَّا
ٱلظَّنَّ
وَمَا
تَهۡوَى
ٱلۡأَنفُسُۖ
وَلَقَدۡ
جَآءَهُم
مِّن
رَّبِّهِمُ
ٱلۡهُدَىٰٓ
٢٣
These ˹idols˺ are mere names that you and your forefathers have made up1—a practice Allah has never authorized. They follow nothing but ˹inherited˺ assumptions and whatever ˹their˺ souls desire, although ˹true˺ guidance has already come to them from their Lord.
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